Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift
Huntsville, ALJobSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Production Supervisor manages hourly third-shift production employees and directs, coordinates, and evaluates production activities. The role coordinates manufacturing schedules and works toward productivity, shipping, and fill-rate goals. It also oversees employee performance and attendance, supports product quality, and coordinates with materials, customer service, and other functional areas to address production needs and problems.
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Full job description
- Job Summary: Manages all hourly third shift Production employees. Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Coordinates the manufacturing schedule and production activities for the 3rd shift production. Service to achieve budgeted productivity, shipping and fill rate goals, by performing the following duties:
Job Duties and Responsibilitiesinclude the following. Other duties may be assigned:
Reviews general status of production schedules to ensure that schedules are being met, and if necessary, assigns or adjusts schedules and/or personnel to balance and expedite work through production areas.
Assures that the desired product quality levels are achieved through proper operator training with operation and inspection techniques, use of tools and overall job responsibilities.
Recommends methods and procedures to control and improve product quality.
Will make recommendations related to quality, efficiency, machine utilization, scrap, budget status, etc.
Takes corrective action when necessary to improve the overall performance of his/her production area(s).
Coordinates with Materials Manager and Customer Service to set priorities for specific customer orders.
Revises schedule according to work order specifications, established priorities, and availability or capability of workers, parts, material, machines, and equipment.
Reviews and analyzes production and operational reports and statistics to evaluate conformity with product standards, utilization of human resources, materials and equipment.
Confers with department supervisors to determine progress of work and to provide information on changes in processing methods received from methods or engineering departments.
Compiles reports concerning progress of work and downtime due to failures of machines and equipment to apprise production planning personnel of production delays.
Maintains inventory of materials and parts needed to complete production.
Expedites production of spare parts and establishes delivery dates for spare parts orders.
Monitors and maintains attendance records.
Confers with appropriate personnel on problems or situations that develop regarding quality, efficiency, machine utilization, order scheduling, safety, housekeeping, manpower, etc.
Recommends the selection and termination of personnel in their assigned area.
Will coordinate production activities with other functional areas to assure that the needs and problems of manufacturing are communicated and addressed.
Consistently administers company policies and practices regarding attendance, performance, etc.
Communicates with employees on a regular basis.
Will be expected to participate in activities such as training and safety programs in order to enhance the overall effectiveness of the work area(s) involved.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,830 open Production Supervisor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$73–100K/yr768 salary ranges
- US median$26–30/hr185 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 32 open Production Supervisor jobs in Alabama and 1,830 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Alabama
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- Experience
- Production Supervisor postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 4 years (1,278 postings).
- Education
- 128 of the 1,830 open Production Supervisor jobs (7%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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